Spiders in the United States : Identifying Spiders of the Midwest

Spiders of the Midwest region of the United States include the arrow-shaped micrathena, which is found mostly in gardens and wooded areas, the brown recluse, which is very common across the entire country, and the Western black widow, which is easily identified by the red hourglass on the female's back. Locate and identify these common Midwestern spiders with helpful facts from an entomology student in this free video on arachnids.

Expert: Lauren Saldana
Bio: Lauren Saldana is an entomology student at Fresno State University in California who specializes in arachnid studies.
Filmmaker: Brandon Payan

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• spiders
• insects
• camel spiders
• common spiders
• types of spiders
• brown recluse spiders
• entomology

[vlvl21]

Yeah Go Bull Dogs!!!... 2009, I was still attending state... 2009 was a good year for me....

[Mikeanglo]

We don't have relucses in California; But WIdows are everywhere.

[3dorigami1945]

dawm nature you scary

[LadyArachnophile]

Brown Recluses have a limited range, they don't live "throughout the US," just fyi. :-) They are restricted to the southeast, basically. Rick Vetter's website at UCR has a range map, but I wasn't able to add a url here for some reason.

[Eskalial2]

a thmal thetholo thorax :D lol

[ben5able]

I saw a brown recluse for the first time today under a piece of wood while lighting fire crackers...i saw 2 actualy... i was scared and pissed my pants.

[MissKaneToews]

this really helps....:) thank you

[TheMetalWarrior]

That last one looked more like a Brown Widow more than anything.